{"product_id":"crimes-and-covers-amanda-flower-9781643855967","title":"Crimes and Covers: A Magical Bookshop Mystery","description":"\u003cb\u003eViolet Waverly sleuths a Thoreau-ly puzzling Christmastime murder in Agatha Award-winning, \u003ci\u003e USA Today \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Amanda Flower's fifth Magical Bookshop mystery.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristmas is coming to the Western New York village of Cascade Springs, and so is the long-awaited wedding of Charming Books proprietor Violet Waverly and police chief David Rainwater. Grandma Daisy and Violet's best friend, Sadie, go all out to make the nuptials the event of the season--whether Violet likes it or not. But the reception becomes memorable for all the wrong reasons when a woman's dead body floats by on the frigid Niagara River. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eViolet is shocked to recognize the deceased as a mysterious woman who visited Charming Books two days before the wedding, toting a rare first edition of Henry David Thoreau's \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e. Well aware that a mint condition copy could be worth more than $14,000, Violet told the woman she would have to have the book appraised before she could consider buying it. Most displeased, the woman tucked the precious tome under her arm and stormed out of the shop. Now she's dead, and an enigmatic message scrawled in pen upon her palm reads, \"They stole my book.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a confounding case, indeed. But fortunately, Violet can draw on the resources of her bookshop's magical consciousness, which communicates clues to Violet via quotes from Walden. With Emerson the tuxedo cat and Faulkner the crow at her side, Violet sets out to recover the priceless book by solving a murder most transcendental.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda Flower\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643855964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643855967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crooked Lane Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022 pg. 38","brand":"Amanda Flower","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054443196671,"sku":"9781643855967","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_395896d8-9609-484d-bc89-4e4e96f88959.jpg?v=1685030005","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crimes-and-covers-amanda-flower-9781643855967","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}